Head to head

Congo vs Zambia

If they played today

Congo at home

28% / 25% / 47%

Congo win / draw / Zambia win

Congo–Zambia

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.1%
1–0 7.8%

Neutral venue

22% / 24% / 55%

Congo win / draw / Zambia win

Congo–Zambia

1–1 11.2%
0–1 11.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.7%
1–0 6.4%

Zambia at home

16% / 21% / 62%

Congo win / draw / Zambia win

Congo–Zambia

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.3%
1–1 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.3%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Congo	Zambia
Current Elo	1330	1551
Elo rank	164th	94th
Peak Elo	1658 (1972)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	406	793
All-time record	134W 99D 173L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	523	1234
Goals against	598	851
Biggest win	11–0 vs Chad · 1964-03-28 · Friendly	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Madagascar · 1960-04-18 · African Friendship Games	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	1	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.37	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Congo 1W 4D 8L

Goals

12–27

Congo first

First meeting

2–4

Zambia won · 1974-03-09 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

2–4

Zambia won · 2023-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Congo's biggest win

1–0

1996-11-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Zambia's biggest win

3–0

2007-06-02 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

1–1

Congo first · 3 times, last 2016-03-27

Current run

Unbeaten in 9

Zambia · since 1997-04-27

13 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-11-17	2–4	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2022-03-25	1–3	Neutral	Friendly
2016-03-27	1–1	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2016-03-23	1–1	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2007-06-02	0–3	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2007-03-25	0–0	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2005-03-26	0–2	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-10-10	2–3	Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-04-27	0–3	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-11-10	1–0	Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1984-07-15	1–2	Zambia home	Friendly
1981-04-05	1–1	Zambia home	Friendly
1974-03-09	2–4	Neutral	African Cup of Nations